U.S. Geological Survey Massachusetts-Rhode Island Water Science Center

USGS Massachusetts-Rhode Island Water Science Center

Projects and Programs

List of Sediment Projects

Current Projects
Project	Type	Title	Planned End Date
Neponset PCBs and Neponset River Estuary	SED/ CTS	Fate and Transport of Polychlorinated Biphenyls from the Neponset River to Boston Harbor, Massachusetts	2007
RISQA	SED	Regional Impounded Sediment Quality Assessment	2007
Recently Completed Projects
Project	Type	Title	Completion Date
Assabet Sediment Phosphorus	SED	Assabet River Basin sediment studies	2005
Lower Mystic River Basin Sediment	SED	Sediment Quality of Lakes, Rivers, and Estuaries in the Mystic River Basin, Eastern Massachusetts, 2001–03	2005
Neponset Sediment and PCBs	SED	Bottom sediment thickness and quality, Lower Neponset River, Massachusetts, with analysis of potential contaminant sources	2004
North Coastal Basin Sediment	SED	Assessment of sediment quality, Salem Sound and Saugus River Coastal Watersheds, Massachusetts	2004
MA Dam Removal	SED	Assessing sediment quality and quantity for proposed dam removal projects	2003

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